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McCoy is Big 12 player of year, second-team QB

Dec. 5, 2008
Texas quarterback Colt McCoy was good enough to be the Associated Press' Big 12's offensive player of the year. But he was not good enough to make the AP All-Big 12 first team.
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Report: McCoy to return to Texas for 2009

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- Texas quarterback Colt McCoy will return for his senior season with the Longhorns, the Heisman Trophy candidate said Monday.

COL FB: Texas 49, Texas A&M 9

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Colt McCoy passed for two touchdowns and ran for two more Thursday, powering fourth-ranked Texas to an easy 49-9 pasting of archrival Texas A&M.

Maxwell Award finalists named

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Quarterbacks Tim Tebow of Florida, Graham Harrell of Texas Tech and Colt McCoy of Texas were named Monday as Maxwell Award finalists.

COL FB: Texas 35, Kansas 7

LAWRENCE, Kan., Nov. 15 (UPI) -- Quarterback Colt McCoy passed for two scores and ran for a third Saturday, helping fifth-ranked Texas roll to a 35-7 Big 12 Conference win over Kansas.

COL FB: Texas 45, Baylor 21

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Colt McCoy threw five touchdown passes Saturday to lead the seventh-ranked Texas Longhorns to a 45-21 win over the Baylor Bears.

COL FB: Texas 28, Oklahoma State 24

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- Colt McCoy passed for 391 yards and two touchdowns Saturday, powering the top-ranked Texas Longhorns to a 28-24 win over eighth-ranked Oklahoma State.

Texas's McCoy: 'I'm staying four years'

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- University of Texas quarterback Colt McCoy has told The Sporting News he will return to the Big 12 Conference school in 2009 for his senior season.

COL FB: Texas 45, Oklahoma 35

DALLAS, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Cody Johnson scored three times Saturday, keying fifth-ranked Texas' 45-35 upset of No. 1 Oklahoma in the 103rd Red River Rivalry at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas.

COL FB: Texas 38, Colorado 14

BOULDER, Colo., Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Colt McCoy passed for 262 yards and two touchdowns Saturday while pacing the fifth-ranked Texas Longhorns to a 38-14 victory over Colorado.

COL FB: Texas 52, Florida Atlantic 10

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Colt McCoy passed for 222 yards and three touchdowns and ran for 103 yards and a TD Saturday to lead No. 10 Texas to a 52-10 win over Florida Atlantic.

COL FB: Texas 52, Arizona St. 34

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Colt McCoy threw for a score and ran for another Thursday and Texas built a big lead before outlasting Arizona State in the Holiday Bowl 52-34.

COL FB: Texas A&M 38, Texas 30

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Stephen McGee threw for three touchdowns and ran for a fourth Friday afternoon as unranked Texas A&M upset 11th-ranked archrival Texas 38-30.

COL FB: Texas 59, Texas Tech 43

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Colt McCoy passed for four touchdowns and ran for two more Saturday afternoon, as the No. 14 Texas Longhorns out-slugged the Texas Tech Red Raiders, 59-43.

COL FB: Texas 31, Baylor 10

WACO, Texas, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Colt McCoy completed 25 of 34 passes for 293 yards and a touchdown Saturday as the 18th-ranked Texas Longhorns beat Baylor 31-10.

COL FB: Texas 56, Iowa State 3

AMES, Iowa, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Colt McCoy passed for 298 yards and four touchdowns Saturday afternoon, as the 22nd-ranked Texas Longhorns crushed Iowa State, 56-3.
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch